Karnataka: A man allegedly raped a 3-year-old girl in Bangaluru. The incident took place under the Marathahalli police station limits on Monday. The accused, Chandrababu (52) who hails from Tamil Nadu lives at Devarabeesanahalli. He works as a welder. His neighbours have a three year old daughter. The couple is working as house maids in the neighborhood.

On Monday around 3PM, they left the child at home and went for work. Chandrababu took the girl to his home and raped her. When the locals saw the child cry as she emerged out of Chandrababu's home, they found out upon prodding about the rape. The enraged locals beat him up severely and informed the police.

The Marathahalli police reached the spot and arrested the accused. They also sent the girl to a local government hospital. The accused has a wife and three children who live in Tamil Nadu. The police has filed a case against the rapist.

Recently in a similar incident, a man raped a one-year-old baby girl after her mother rejected his proposal. The incident came to light when the baby's elder sister filed a complaint. The incident took place 10 days ago at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

The accused was the relative of the child's mother who he had been harassing her for some time. But she rejected his proposal several times. The accused wanted sexual favours from the woman but after she refused his advances, he went to her house and raped her baby girl in her absence. Same day night, he sexually assaulted another girl who was four years old and the eldest daughter of the woman.

The police filed a POCSO case against the accused and started probing the matter.